anybody else had trouble getting an xray?

edscdk said:
every time you get an xray it increases the change of getting cancer,

if you xray 100,000 you will kill some of them... or at least give them cancer

the same as air port xray machines they WILL kill people (all be it a very small %)

every time you are struck by a particle of ?irionising? radiation it *MIGHT* cause cancer the more particles that hit you the higher the chances....
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edscdk said:
That is a small FRACTION of a %, it aint donna kill 1 in a 100 (i hope)
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Are you ... are you arguing with yourself? :confused:
 
[FnG]magnolia;19783407 said:
Are you ... are you arguing with yourself? :confused:
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no, initially I say a small %, then I realise I am suggesting that several people per 100 that get an xray will get cancer... which is massively more than I ment, so i correct it to a fraction of a %.
 
edscdk said:
no, initially I say a small %, then I realise I am suggesting that several people per 100 that get an xray will get cancer... which is massively more than I ment, so i correct it to a fraction of a %.
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But even so you've got it the wrong way around, if someone were to have 100,000 x-rays it would increase the chance of them developing cancer, a single x-ray isn't any more likely to cause cancer than living in a concrete, brick or stone building for 4 months
(ration taken from the xkcd radiation levels, but they're roughly in scale)
 
I think I cracked my coccyx a while back, the hospital wouldn't xray due to the location and the amount of radiation required, not sure whether that was an excuse or the truth, it healed on it's own with tha aid of a lot of paracetomols and brufen.

Never want to go through that again
 
I got an xray on my ankle from a sporting injury. MY GP originally diagnosed me then booked me in for the xray at hospital then after xray back to GP with results a few days later.
 
KaHn said:
DMPoole wades in with storey of his life and how he now works for the NHS so is an expert.
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You horrible nasty piece of work.
How the hell am I an expert just because I have access to the system?
I thought you were Ok until that post and now you're just a small minded ****.
 
Linda said:
I think I cracked my coccyx a while back, the hospital wouldn't xray due to the location and the amount of radiation required, not sure whether that was an excuse or the truth, it healed on it's own with tha aid of a lot of paracetomols and brufen.

Never want to go through that again
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That's about the only treatment for it anyway, like a cracked rib, there's little that can be done to help the process other than pain management.
 
dmpoole said:
You horrible nasty piece of work.
How the hell am I an expert just because I have access to the system?
I thought you were Ok until that post and now you're just a small minded ****.
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Awwwww....... if OcUK had a like button.

edit:- Btw I didn't post this to have a go at you, was an observation of the majority of your posts, if my comment was incorrect the please ask a mod to delete it.

KaHn
 
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Abraham said:
But even so you've got it the wrong way around, if someone were to have 100,000 x-rays it would increase the chance of them developing cancer, a single x-ray isn't any more likely to cause cancer than living in a concrete, brick or stone building for 4 months
(ration taken from the xkcd radiation levels, but they're roughly in scale)
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correct me if I am wrong, however

a) radiation causes cancer by dammaging cells,
b) a cell must be dammaged in a very paticular way to become cancerous
c) the more cells that are dammaged by radiation the higher the chances one will be dammaged in such a way that it becomes canerous
 
KaHn said:
Awwwww....... if OcUK had a like button.

edit:- Btw I didn't post this to have a go at you, was an observation of the majority of your posts, if my comment was incorrect the please ask a mod to delete it.

KaHn
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No it was bang on :)

But I'm an expert at nothing (except domestic appliance products).
 
edscdk said:
correct me if I am wrong, however

a) radiation causes cancer by dammaging cells,
b) a cell must be dammaged in a very paticular way to become cancerous
c) the more cells that are dammaged by radiation the higher the chances one will be dammaged in such a way that it becomes canerous
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and you get as much radiation from a single x-ray as you get from living in a concrete building for 4 months.
You would never be able to pinpoint an x-ray has having been the cause of someone getting cancer as they will have exposed themselves to much greater levels.
 
Abraham said:
and you get as much radiation from a single x-ray as you get from living in a concrete building for 4 months.
You would never be able to pinpoint an x-ray has having been the cause of someone getting cancer as they will have exposed themselves to much greater levels.
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I'm not arguying its a high % chance.

not being able to pin point does not mean it wrong though.
 
GP advice sounds spot on to me. Have a non-serious fall - chances are the pain is muscular in origin. Few weeks of analgesia and rest - if problem persists only then go for x-ray. If you can get one earlier then there's no harm in trying. If the GP's clinical examination had indicated a more serious injury such as a vertebral fracture he/she would had requested imaging more urgently and could have referred you.
 
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